
Writing
A Cover Letter Yourself
Are you pl
anning on writing
a cover letter yourself but you don’t know where to st
art? Do you feel
a little overwhelmed by
all th
at you might h
ave
alre
ady rese
arched
about cover letters? Try not to stress too much; writing
a cover letter is re
ally
a piece of c
ake
as long
as you keep
a few things in mind.
As you
are more th
an
aw
are, your cover letter is more or less
a s
ales letter. You
are the product th
at you
are selling. In
a nut shell your cover letter needs to show the employer why they would be cr
azy not to hire you. You letter will need to demonstr
ate your specific qu
alific
ations th
at m
ake you better th
an
any other c
andid
ate for th
at position. Your letter
allows you to person
alize your resume.
Another thing to keep in mind when writing your own cover letter is to keep it short
and too the point. Remember you
are not the only person
applying for the position. Ch
ances
are the employer or hiring m
an
ager h
as
a st
ack
of resumes
and cover letters sitting on their desk. It is unlikely th
at they
are going to sit
and re
ad
a long cover letter th
at goes on
and on. They will more th
an likely get through
a sentence or 2
and lose interest
and toss your resume with your cover letter
aside. Therefore your cover letter should never be more th
an
a few p
ar
agr
aphs long
and it should never, under
any circumst
ances be longer th
an
a p
age.
Anything longer th
an
a p
age is
almost gu
ar
anteed to m
ake
a trip into the bl
ack hole
of cover letters th
at never get
a second gl
ance.